The already strained ties between the United States and Venezuela hit a new low after America imposed travel restrictions on unnamed officials of the South American country allegedly involved in human rights violations.

As China struggles to meet its goals for shale gas development, there are signs that the government will face pressure to subsidize the costs, perhaps for years.
The industry came close to meeting the government target for extracting natural gas from shale rock formations last year, producing 1.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of the new fuel compared with a goal of 1.5 bcm (52.9 billion cubic feet).

... and what a dishonest victory it must have been!Nicolas now claims to have the identity card details of 900,000 who switched to vote against the PSUV party this time. That's not a secret ballot - that's intimidation because those who switched won't get any government jobs or help. The socialism of Chavez mixed with his lack of regard for accountability and his vicious intolerance of opposition now has become fascism of the worst sort.The Bolivarian Republic is now a Banana Republic.﻿

As China struggles to meet its goals for shale gas development, there are signs that the government will face pressure to subsidize the costs, perhaps for years.
The industry came close to meeting the government target for extracting natural gas from shale rock formations last year, producing 1.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) of the new fuel compared with a goal of 1.5 bcm (52.9 billion cubic feet).

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